To those who know their pig parts, Paul Bertolli is a modern legend.
Really he drinks much less and works much more than the modern legend supposes.
He views the story of Masada as a modern legend.
Just as with modern legends, old folk tales often focus on the things a society found frightening.
Rather, the term is used to differentiate modern legend from traditional folklore in pre-industrial times.
It does have "very black humor," he conceded, but "for me it is a modern legend."
It is not to be confused with the modern antisemitic urban legend of a similar name.
Due to lack of documentary evidence, it has been questioned whether this is a modern urban legend.
The manner of his execution, not in public awareness until the early 19th century, became part of his modern legend.
A comparison between those stories and modern legends of art might have been interesting.
